Asus Z97M-PLUS

Performance Results


Gaming 162% UFO	Desktop 90% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 135% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (57th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 43 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a brilliant single core score, this CPU is the business: It demolishes everyday tasks such as web browsing, office apps and audio/video playback. Additionally this processor can handle moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 85.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	193% is a record breaking 3D score, it's almost off the scale. This GPU can handle all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	77.1% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
Memory	16GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 16GB also allows for very large file and system caches, software development and batch photo editing/processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

High background CPU (24%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

17 months ago, 17 months ago.

Motherboard	Asus Z97M-PLUS (all builds)
Memory	10.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colores
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160222
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Dec 15 '22 at 21:04
Run Duration	144 Seconds
Run User	ESP-User
Background CPU	24%

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PC Performing as expected (57^th percentile)

Actual performance vs. expectations. The graphs show user score (x) vs user score frequency (y).

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4790K-$348 455,746 User benchmarks, average bench 79% SOCKET 1150, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4.4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	85.6% Excellent	Memory 97.7 1-Core 120 2-Core 220 85% 146 Pts	4-Core 397 8-Core 623 63% 510 Pts	64-Core 633 39% 633 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 85.6% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 3080-$909 424,051 User benchmarks, average bench 187% Nvidia(10DE 1467) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 4750 MHz, Ram: 10GB, Driver: 527.56 Performing below potential (73^rd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	193% Outstanding	Lighting 280 Reflection 246 Parallax 314 228% 280 fps	MRender 320 Gravity 238 Splatting 172 191% 244 fps
Poor: 163% ↑ This bench: 193% Great: 202%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
CT500MX500SSD4 500GB 44,418 User benchmarks, average bench 106% 88GB free (System drive) Firmware: M3CR023 SusWrite @10s intervals: 350 275 274 290 117 216 MB/s Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile)	77.1% Very good	Read 298 Write 263 Mixed 250 SusWrite 254 60% 266 MB/s	4K Read 26 4K Write 65.1 4K Mixed 37 121% 42.7 MB/s	DQ Read 179 DQ Write 349 DQ Mixed 297 216% 275 MB/s
Poor: 77% ↑ This bench: 77.1% Great: 123%
Intel 320 Series 160GB-$149 13,029 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 24GB free Firmware: 4PC10362 SusWrite @10s intervals: 160 163 159 161 104 89 MB/s Performing above expectations (71^st percentile)	44.8% Average	Read 221 Write 153 Mixed 146 SusWrite 139 37% 165 MB/s	4K Read 17.2 4K Write 36.2 4K Mixed 21.8 73% 25.1 MB/s	DQ Read 139 DQ Write 71.8 DQ Mixed 66.6 60% 92.5 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 44.8% Great: 51%
Microsoft Storage Space Device 999GB 64,984 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 475GB free Firmware: 0.1 SusWrite @10s intervals: 115 116 116 116 110 110 MB/s Performing way below expectations (19^th percentile)	62% Good	Read 102 Write 105 Mixed 34 SusWrite 114 64% 88.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.6 126% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 62% Great: 110%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL TridentX DDR3 2400 C10 2x8GB 24,592 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile)	84.9% Excellent	MC Read 30.8 MC Write 32.5 MC Mixed 27.1 86% 30.1 GB/s	SC Read 18.7 SC Write 23.7 SC Mixed 24.9 64% 22.4 GB/s	Latency 47.4 84% 47.4 ns
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 84.9% Great: 88%

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L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

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Gaming 42%

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Desktop 84%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 36%

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Motherboard: Asus Z97M-PLUS - $350

CPU
Core i7-4790KIntel $348Bench 79%, 455,746 samples	300x
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	173x
Core i5-4690KIntel $53Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	162x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	112x
HD 4600 (Desktop 1.25 GHz)Intel $15Bench 3%, 230,189 samples	76x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	60x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	35x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $90Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	26x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $76Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	26x

RAM
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 59%, 122,541 samples	44x
Fury DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 54%, 77,652 samples	31x
Vengeance Pro DDR3 2400 C11 2x8GBCorsairBench 58%, 40,596 samples	24x

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Value: 60% - Above average

Total price: $998

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $175	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16